RP Barefoot, without a hat –
Q. "Ted, why do you like to say that “all politicians should go barefoot and not wear hats?” A. "The public needs to know whether politicians have horns and cloven hoofs."Ted, Why do you like to say that “all politicians should go barefoot and not wear hats?”
read moreOLD Expert Testimony to the Asian Development Bank Board
As the Asian Development Bank Board of Directors proposed advising their involuntary resettlement project, forced displacement experts, Ted Downing, President of the International Network on Dislacement and Resettlement and dean of forced displacement, Thayer Scudder, made their case.
read moreRP Ted’s Experiment to Change Civil Culture: Comments in the Arizona Republic
Ted has a 78% rating for his comments in the Arizona Republic, where he breaks with tradition and signs his own name.
read moreRP US Attacks on Iran are not the Answer
Only Diplomacy can yield Lasting Solutions. John Adams and Ted Downing In the Arizona Republic Published Sat. 12 April 2008 With the departure of Admiral Fox Fallon, commander of U.S. Central Command and reputed voice of reason in policy discussions on Iran, the danger of another pre-emptive U.S. attack looms urgently. American attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities could risk all-out war throughout the Mideast. This is the greatest fear of most of our allies worldwide. It should be ours as well. We must insist on thorough, decisive and...
read moreRP Rekindling the American Spirit – TV Op Ed
Months before it was clear who would prevail in the primary, Ted Downing, a former state legislator and Obama supporter and Sheila Tobias, a local active feminist and Hillary Clinton supporter, agreed to work toward unity, no matter which of our candidates won.
read moreRP Downing: Deferred Compensation Preferable to Furloughs
"As an alternative, I suggest deferred compensation. The employee gets an IOU, a promise to pay in the future after the economy recovers or upon termination. The employees save their income and defer paying taxes."
read moreMilestones
Some of Ted’s actions that benefit many areas of Arizona Rio Nuevo Accountability Wildlife management Protecting Victims of Hit and Run Drivers Energy and costs savings in schools Animal Rights Election Integrity Rio Nuevo – Accountability for misuse of public funds Tucson voters approved a 10-year tax-increment financing plan for Rio Nuevo in 1999. In 2006, the entire Southern Arizona legislative delegation, Republicans and Democrats, proudly sponsored legislation to extend the funding of the Rio Nuevo project – save...
read moreWill Primaries Shake Up Politics in Arizona?
The Huffington Post's Pamela Powers Hennley interviews Ted about the potential impact of an initiative for Open Non-Partisan Primary Elections in Arizona.
read moreCockburn: The Nation Magazine on Ted
Alexander Cockburn lauds Downing filing of the first human rights complaint against The World Bank
read moreRP McKenna from CounterPunch: Ted Downing and Troublemaker Anthropology
How "Yes, Sir" Necessarily Becomes "No, Sir" Ted Downing and Troublemaker Anthropology By BRIAN McKENNA
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